North East England Chamber of Commerce: Recent Episodes
In conversation with James Ramsbotham
Chamber Conversations is a regular podcast where we explore different areas of business life with our team and members. Over the coming weeks there will be conversations between a range of people with expertise and interesting views on everything from exporting to recruitment.
The Chamber overview of the Chancellor's Spending Review today with guest Kevin Bell, partner, Womble Bond Dickinson.
A new monthly series offering Partner & Corporate members an exclusive insight into some of the most influential businesses across the region – discussing sector activity, major developments and projects happening here and now – episode 1: Abigail Pogson and Sage Gateshead.
Three trail-blazers in the North East tech and digital sector Dr Sue Black, TechUp Women, Durham University, Dean Benson, Visualsoft and Jamie Hardesty, Sunderland Software City talk about ones to watch, future trends and getting more diversity into the sector.
Listen to some of the highlights of the recent Chamber Inspiring Females Conference and some tremendous stories of women's successes and how they achieved them
A CEO and former MEP who works in the commercial heart of Brussels shared his advice and updates on Brexit with North East business leaders.
Organised by the Chamber to help its members plan for leaving the EU, CEO British Chamber of Commerce EU & Belgium, Dan Dalton gave his insights on the situation.
North East employers heard first-hand accounts of how international German businesses including BMW have tackled getting operations back on track after Covid-19.
In the webinar Dr Herbert Grebenc, BMW’s senior vice president and head of its Covid-19 competence team, set out how his company had adapted its manufacturing operation.
Eva Prada, Spain Director, British Chamber of Commerce spoke about her own experiences in her role to encourage Spanish UK business links or as she put it acting as a ‘helpful barometer’ for British investors who want to take advantage of opportunities in Spain.
In the second part of the webinar there was an employers’ perspective, provided by Borja Sierra, vice- Presidente Ejecutivo of property specialist, Savills Aguirre Newman, based in Madrid.
Chief executive of the Seoul-based Chamber, Sean Blakeley, who was born and educated in the North East. His talk to regional business leaders started by him setting the scene in the Asian country which has a similar make-up to the UK, with comparable population and a dominant economic capital, but only 300 Covid 19 deaths to date.
China’s road to recovery from Covid 19 included instilling confidence in people to feel safe to go back out into the world. The advice was set out by Steven Lynch, chief executive of the British Chamber of Commerce based in Beijing
The Chamber has close links with Hong Kong and its businesses. For our first episode of a series of six, we invited Andrew Seaton, Executive Director, British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong to share their pandemic recovery insights in a recent webinar
Our PR manager Kay Wilson interviews Jonathan Walker and Rachel Anderson, assistant directors of policy about the Chancellors Summer Statement
In line with Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 (18th May 2020 – 22nd May 2020) North East England Chamber Of Commerce are committed to supporting their colleagues and the wider business community through their Mental Health Advocacy. Phil Blacklock (Mental Health Advocate at North East England Chamber Of Commerce) will be joined by Mindset Coach, Dr. Maurice Duffy, and Gillian Fortune from Feel Good CIC.
Jonathan Walker, Arlen Pettitt and Kay Wilson set out what support is available for companies and how the Chamber can help get through this difficult time.
In episode 10 of Chamber Conversations we hear from Natasha McDonough, James Ramsbotham and Dan Marsden Knight. They cover what emergency planning they've put in place in light of the Covid-19 virus and advice they have for members.
Rachel Anderson, Kay Wilson and Jack Simpson discuss today's Budget and what it means for the region.
One of the country's leading political analysts, Sir John set why the North East's red wall crumbled and the blue tide rose up in what had been a labour heartland at our President's Club Lunch last week.
With just five days before the Chamber Business Awards entries close, hear our President Lesley Moody and Alix Bolton, Visualsoft talk to Kay Wilson about their Inspiring Females and why its so important to enter. Enter now at www.neechamberawards.co.uk
Sally Dixon, assistant director, Beamish Museum shares her tips for writing a great entries for our Chamber awards and talks about the night it scooped a national award against stiff competition. To enter the Chamber awards visit www.neechamberawards.co.uk/
Kay Wilson talks to passionate advocate of diversity and creativity, Peter Darrant-Parkes and gets his tips on how to make businesses welcoming to everyone
Assistant Director of policy Jonathan Walker talks about the main issues in this last week of election campaigning and how effective he thinks the parties have been at getting their messages across. Also look out for our election results response on Friday morning.
Many members still struggle with social media, listen in to us having a chat about it and what can work well.
Each political party's annual conference dominates the news but what are they really like to attend and how do you get the best out of them? Here's the low down on the good, the bad and the ugly truth.
In our first ever Chamber podcast we got a quick update from Chamber Chief Executive, James Ramsbotham about some of the fantastic businesses he's visited recently. We then discussed women in business and how they can be supported to develop their careers.